Cf card not recognized?

I bought a new 500 recently and a new 64gb compact flash and have had no problems until recently. Now occ.asionally and more frequently when I ope n the load screen, none of my folders are shown. What could be going on here?

I think you're the only poster I've seen here that reported on a 64GB in the front slot. Others have posted in the past about 16 and 32GB ones but usually in a the HD slot as a CF "internal" drive of sorts.

It's never fully determined on this forum what the actual limit is. Some say 4GB other mention 8 and 16GB. And of course you for a while had the 32GB working.

I don't have a clue but maybe even though it formats the 64GB it encounters problems after save a certain amount of files. (8, 16GB maybe?)

Although I'm scared you'll say "nope less than a GB..."

Wish I could help, my reply isn't much help beyond bumping your thread and hopefully someone else with experience with 332 or 64GB can help.

Interesting insight. I was unaware their where any limits on the size of card that might cause problems, but my card is only filled with a little over 3 GB of samples and sequences.

Thanks for the reply.

ralphyartis' wrote:Interesting insight. I was unaware their where any limits on the size of card that might cause problems, but my card is only filled with a little over 3 GB of samples and sequences.

Thanks for the reply.

Actually I must apologize I forgot this was a 500 thread. I was referring to 32GB CF cards in modified HD trays on 1000's.

But releasing around the same time, the 500/1000/2500 all cause confusion if 4GB is the actually limit or is it less reliable if the machine does format 8,16 or 32GB.

Thanks for clearing that up. It seems to come and go. I put a 4gb card in and that worked fine then put the 64gb back in and its working again.

ralphyartis' wrote:Thanks for clearing that up. It seems to come and go. I put a 4gb card in and that worked fine then put the 64gb back in and its working again.

Maybe the CF card memory table being a larger read on a 32 or 64GB makes some possible wonky behavior. I'm only saying that based on being a PC nerd though. Like if your folders show up and it formatted right, you aren't left with a lot of guesses at what would cause a corruption or "blank" read.

Anyway glad you got it in effect in again.

I do remember reading about problems with the pin alignment in the card slot. Otherwise, try making a backup on your computer and then re-format the CF card.

Yeah, 64GB is too big for the 500 to handle. 4GB is the max I believe. I use 1GB and its hardly filled. And there's recordings on there. But who gives a rat's ass, right pal!

I really hope your wrong about the 4GB max, thats ridiculous. I'm at 3.1234 GB full, if I hit 4GB and it hits a wall i'm gonna be pist, yea I do give a rats tail..

too all, thanks for the interest.